mtd filesystem across different sector sizes in the same part
Cam Mayor
cmayor at iders.ca
Mon Oct 6 15:33:16 EDT 2003
After doing a flash storage map for one of our devices and based on reading a
recent question to this list, i thought of another question.
In my flash part (intel 28f320c3) there are 8 x 8kB blocks and 63 x 64 kB
blocks. I believe that [1] MTD can span the two block sizes effectively for
it to be recognized as a single MTD device. JFFS2, IIRC, uses 5 flash blocks
for flash filesystem overhead. Do those blocks have to be any specific size
relative to the rest of the filesystem blocks? Will it use the first five
blocks, or does it move around for wear levelling? Will JFFS2 get confused
by different block sizes, or is that already handled in the MTD layer?
If the 5 blocks move around, is there any way to predict how much space will
be available in the filesystem? (eg. one moment you have 5 overhead blocks
in the 8kB area and have 70kB free. the next moment you have 4 overhead
blocks in the 8kB area, and one in the 64kB area, leaving you with 14kB free
space)
thanks,
cam
[1] please correct me if i'm wrong
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Cameron Mayor
Iders Incorporated
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